gauchos

     

Gaucho (gaúcho in Portuguese) is a term commonly use to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Chile and Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil. In Brazil it is used to designate people born in state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Trivia about gauchos

  • Famed Argentine composer Alberto Ginastera drew from the dances & songs of these cowboys in his early works
  • Long romanticized in literature, these cowboys tend ranches called estancias
  • These cowboys were the rank & file of the army that won independence from Spain
  • A style of wide, calf-length pants is named for these South American cowboys who wear them
  • In the early 1900s Argentine writers Benito Lynch & Ricardo Guiraldes wrote novels about the lives of these cowboys
  • The full pants worn by these cowboys of the Pampas became popular for women in the 1960s
  • Argentine literature has a whole category of tales of these horsemen of the Pampas
  • In the 1800s Argentinean cowboys called this inspired the works of many writers & artists
  • In the 19th century, literature about these Argentine cowboys was popular, with Jose Hernandez' "Martin Fierro" a classic

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